I have the following:

352x288 25 fps Xvid Mpeg-4 .avi file.

This is a wide screen movie.

I want to keep this movie original and intact. I want to play this on my Sony DVD home player for a Sony NTSC TV with intentions to update to a wide screen later. this will be burned in SVCD format.

1) Since this is in PAL format, should I select SVCD PAL or DVD PAL for the file to create?

2) For the source file, I assume the video type is interlaced. Is this correct?

3) What aspect ratio should I select?

4) In the video arrange section, should I select "full screen keep aspect ratio" or".......aspect ratio 2" or ???

I am confused by so many settings that pop up. Are these repetative?

Unless you have a DVD burner you need to do Svcd Pal or VCD Pal.

As for the other settings, hover the mouse over the setting in question, it will give a brief explanation.

Also try going to this site http://www.dvdrhelp.com/

Your source is most likely progressive. TMPG should detect it automatically anyway.

Your input aspect ratio is 4:3 PAL
Select SVCD PAL (Recommend MPEG1 VCD)
Full screen (keep aspect ratio)

Note: There is no point in burning this movie as a SVCD as the resolution is already correct for VCD. Resizing to a higher resolution will not improve the image quality, but will waste more bitrate. You would be better off encoding to MPEG1 VCD and raising the bitrate.

ASHY

Ei, ive encoded a few anime episodes from avi uncompressed format to vcd and using the saved presets that ive loaded (Video-CD Film 352x240 CBR 24.97 fps) and when i encoded a file that is 180 mb long, it expanded to about 700 mb+ and has no sound? ive tried some avi files and they work just as well, but some came up with a large file size mpeg. how do i correct this problem?

If you Files have No audio then use something like Virtual-Dub to extract the audio to WAV Format and encode the Wav file as the audio source...The Size of a AVI has no effect on how big the Mpeg file will Be..It doesn"t matter if your avi file is 10mb or 10,000GB what matters is How LONG the Source File is..If you used the Standard VCD Template then that is the Standard Compliant Bitrate for VCD and to lower the Bitrate to Lower the File Size will Greatly effect the Quality, you Can Only get a Max of 75-80 Minutes of Video on a 700mn 80Min CD-R, and You can Fit 800MB on a 700mb CD-R...

tnx minion...but how do i make the target file size smaller to fit in a standard cd-r 700 mb? ive encoded some anime and the standard size should be at least 240+ mb in dat file format (vcd). but ive noticed some avi files that exceed 190 mb when i encode it turns out to be 700+ mb in size. how can i correct the source file to fit in a standard cd-r 700 mb? tnx for the reply...=D

Didn"t you read my post ,Most of my whole Point in my last post was explaining that the SIZE of the AVI file in Mega Bytes has to Bearing on How Big the Mpeg file will Be . So saying that you have an AVI file that is 190MB and it turns into a Mpeg file that is Over 700MB and Then asking me how to stop that doesn"t make sence.A 190MB AVI file could be 3 hours long and you would NEVER Fit 3 hours on a Disk, You might be able to get 100 minutes on a Disk but the Quality would be Crap, To do this Like I said you have to Lower the Bitrate, To lower the Bitrate you will have to first load the "Unlock.mfc" Template from the "Extra" Folder, and you will have to set the "System" setting to "Video-CD Non-Standard"...and it does not Matter if your Mpeg file is 700MB or Bigger because you can put 800MB on a 700MB 80 Min CD-R....

errr...i did read it but i forgot to place in my last message that the avi file i was trying to encode has about 23 minutes of anime, meaning one episode,i just cant see y the program when it converts to mpeg, it will expand an one 25 minute episode to about 700 mb for only just one episode? isnt it a bit too much for a vcd file? anyway...tnx minion...

how can i compress the length time of an mpeg file. Like mpeg files with 100 min aprox, but it seems with a lengh time of 79 min.

Can You Explain What you are Talking about With More detail , It does not seem to Make sence...

Hi Guys, does anyone know of a program that will convert the DVD Folders back to MPEG's?

What type of Mpeg??? Meaning a Just a Mpeg file of the Vob Files in the Video-TS Folder?? Or do you want a Mpeg file that You can Burn as a VCD or SVCD??? If you want to make a VCD/SVCD you can use a program called DVD2AVI to Frame serve the Vob files to Tmpgenc and it will extract the audio track of your Choice that you encode in Tmpgenc and in the end you will have a VCD or SVCD..Go to "http://www.dvdrhelp.com" and there will be a bunch of Step By step Tutorials to show you how to do it....

Thanks Minion for your reply back! yes just the mpeg of the vob files in the video ts folder.

Thanks again!

There are many programs which can do this. If the DVD is encrypted then most rippers can rip the VOBS to one VOB then just demux with TMPG.
If the VOBs are already decrypted to your hard drive then you can use VOBedit or VOBsnoopy to convert the VOBs to an M2v file.
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/vobedit.html

ASHY

I tried to use virtualDub to frameserve Tmpgenc Plus. I installed the readAVS to tmpgenc. And follow the instruction of it. But tmpgenc will not read it. Just say "not supported". The readme in readavs said it was tested in win98. I use win2000. Is that the problem?

How can I I frameserve the tmpgenc?

I tried to use virtualDub to frameserve Tmpgenc Plus. I installed the readAVS to tmpgenc. And follow the instruction of it. But tmpgenc will not read it. Just say "not supported". The readme in readavs said it was tested in win98. I use win2000. Is that the problem?

How can I I frameserve the tmpgenc?

When frame serveing to Tmpgenc it is good to Dis-Able the "Direct Show File Reader" first....

hello hope someone can help me im trying to convert avi to mpeg using tmpg.but im just getting a black screen with sound,ive encoded a few films and all been ok.i recently restarted my pc and now nothing ive tried raising direct show to 2 but still a black screen can someone please help. THANKS FOR ANY REPLYS

hello hope someone can help me im trying to convert avi to mpeg using tmpg.but im just getting a black screen with sound,ive encoded a few films and all been ok.i recently restarted my pc and now nothing ive tried raising direct show to 2 but still a black screen can someone please help. THANKS FOR ANY REPLYS

If Raiseing the "Direct show" Didn"t help then make sure you have the Proper codec installed and if you do have the proper codec then Maybe re-install the codec and if that doesn"t work see if you can open the avi file in Virtual Dub and if you can then try frame serveing the file with V-Dub and if V-Dub will not open the file then there is something wrong with the File....

thnks for your reply i will try that i know im using the new media 9 do u think that could be the fault

ive installed angelpotion video codec v1 works fine now thanks again

DONT INSTALL ANGEL POTION!!!!!! It is a Hacked Codec that can Cause Major Problems when Running Tmpgenc, Your files can end up with a Purple and Pink Picture, and If you have Madia Player 9 then that is Your Problem ,,,,

I agree with Minion don't install that crap on your PC unless you like pink blotches on your movies. Your problem is Mediaplayer 9. Roll back your system with system restore.

ASHY

so can you please tell me which to use instead of angel potion thanks for all ur help

DIVX 3.11 or MPEG4 v3 should be able to decode this AVI, but you may need to convert it first with this program.
http://www.risingresearch.com/en/divx/index.shtml

ASHY

I tried to use virtualDub to frameserve Tmpgenc Plus. I installed the readAVS to tmpgenc. And follow the instruction of it. But tmpgenc will not read it. Just say "not supported". The readme in readavs said it was tested in win98. I use win2000. Is that the problem?

How can I I frameserve the tmpgenc?

Did you install the frameserver first?

ASHY

damm.. i'm pissed about this... no sound after i encode a file from avi , and programs that can extract da audio from da avi file? gimme a good program

There are Lot of Programs for this..AVI-MuX is good for extracting the audio from AVI files especially it the audio is AC3...

1) under win xp sp1, merge cut function under 2.510 is broken. time slider cannot be moved at all, setting start and end times does not work

2)batch encode - tmpgenc quits after encoding 1 or 2 files in a batch encode list of multiple files under win xp

This Has Nothing to Do with XP or SP1 Cuz I run XP with SP1 and the merge & Cut works fine..If you are trying to open Mpeg 2 files in the Merge & Cut then you need to have the proper Mpeg2 decoder installed or you will not have an image in the Editing window and not be able to edit the File....

I was created MPEG2 (SVCD stream) file by TMPGEnc.
Then I tried merge/cut this file but can't opened...
TMPGEnc view screen: "Couldnot initialize DirectShow filter".
More early it was fixed and I has no this problem.
Now I has this message on other my computer too...
What can I do??? How fixed it?

i got the same problem with the merge and cut tools

but for Winxp SP1, i got a problem running TMPGEnc 2.59 & 2.510 cause they both break MPEG files, some identifiers can read the header correctly, but the data can't be used by TMPGEnc & can't be read by the default windows media player 9

codec problems in Winxp ?

2.53 works perfectly under XP, i couldn't find any other versions to try out yet

Oh dear seems like you have installed that crap Media player 9. Tut tut, you'll have to restore your sytem I'm afraid. Media player 9 is causing many a problem like this.

ASHY